New drug policy soon: Paswan
New Delhi: The government will announce a new pharmaceutical policy in a couple of months that will be aimed at lowering prices of medicines.

"The National Pharmaceutical Policy 2006 will help in availability of drugs at a reasonable price for the common man," Ram Vilas Paswan, minister for steel, chemicals and fertilizers, said at a news conference.

Paswan mentioned that over the past two years, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority has reduced prices of 59 bulk drugs and 531 formulations.
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